After a 7 hours drive by bus or taxi from Kathmandu Dhunche high above the Trisuli River is reached. The village with an phantastic view of the 7246 metre peak Langtang Lirung marks the starting point for the Langtang Trek. A three days hike (each day about 5-6 hours of walking) leads from Dhunche via Syabru and Lama Hotel to Langtang. Another three hours and Kyjangjin, the final village in the Langtang Valley is reached. The return to Dhunche takes again 3 days. If you've got the time we recommend to take the route via Syabru, Shin Gompa, Gosainkund, Tharepati to Sundarjal for the way back. It takes 6 days from Syabru and you have an exceptional view of Ganesh Himal, Manaslu and Annapurna as well as the Langtang mountains up to Everest at Tharepati.

Doing this part of the trek in opposite direction one should plan an additional overnight stay between Tharepati and the Laurebina Pass because of the very long ascent. At new year 1996-97 we had two weeks of phantastic weather with only few other tourists and little snow on the Laurebina Pass. At all places mentioned above (especially at Gosainkund and between Laurebina Pass and Tharepati) we found hosted lodges to stay overnight which only afforded a warm sleeping bag. One year before at the same time of the year the traverse of the Laurebina Pass was impossible due to the amount of snow. In this case the Helambu Trek would have been an alternative.

We started the trek at Dhunche (1900 m) which we reached after a 7 hours drive from Kathmandu. The path leads in northern direction through forests and across alpine pastures. Already visible are the 6000 metre peaks on the border to Tibet. In the west Ganesh Himal appears.

View to Ganesh Himal range from Gompagaon. View to the east across the valley of the Langtang river. The high mountains are not yet visible. Opposite the village of Syabru (2400 m) with quite a few lodges to stay overnight.

Early morning view to Ganesh V (6950 m), Ganesh I (7406 m) and Ganesh VII (6350 m) from Syabru which lies about 5 hours north of Dhunche. The next day leads through the Langtang canyon to the settlement of 'Lama Hotel'. The difference in altitude from the Langtang river to Langtang Lirung (7246 m) is about 5 km.

The triple summit of Tsangbu Ri (6.745 m) east of Langtang Lirung and Kang Chenpo (6.297 m - at the end of the valley) seen from Kyangjin. The slopes to the left lead to an easy accessible vantage point at
approximately 4.400 m.